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Counterclaim :: Counterclaim (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

Counter :: Counter (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter..

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

Set-off :: Set-off (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

Counter-paly :: Counter-paly (a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure..

Countervote :: Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.

Supposititious :: Supposititious (a.) Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing..

Mendacious :: Mendacious (a.) False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..

Counterstroke :: Counterstroke (n.) A stroke or blow in return.

Countersigning :: Countersigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersig.

Morris :: Morris (n.) An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played..

Disguise :: Disguise (n.) Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.

Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..

Vanfess :: Vanfess (n.) A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water..

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.

Falsehood :: Falsehood (n.) A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.

Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..

Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..

Mockery :: Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance..

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